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It was 1970 when the Canadian singer and songwriter Joni Mitchell wrote, composed and recorded one of folk music’s greatest ever songs. With brutally honest lyrics that carried a voice expressing environmental concern and a sound that delighted itself in simplicity, ‘Big Yellow Taxi&rsqu....

It is often said that when an Italian talks, it is his hands and fingers that do the talking. It perhaps explains why the Italian jockey Antonio Fresu thrived in his first full season in the UAE last term and is presently on course for another successful campaign. Fresu has clearly carried that cult....

The trainer Helal Al Alawi is perhaps oblivious of the significance the date 9 November has in his life. For him, it is perhaps as regular a day as he can imagine. “What’s so special about November 9, I have been winning around UAE Flag Day for a while now?” he asked, blissfully un....

Their first full season of racing in the UAE may not have started with a bang, but Farooq Racing are not at all disappointed with the way things have panned out in the month that has elapsed since the 2017/18 season began at Jebel Ali on 3 November. Formerly, an operation based in Malaysia, Farooq R....

In the four years since he started saddling Thoroughbreds as the head trainer of Fazza Racing Stables, trainer Salem bin Ghadayer believes he has come a long way. Moreover, he feels he has every reason to think the ongoing season could be his best to date. Ever the optimist, Salem was the envy of mo....

The view might be a fine one looking down from the summit, but Pat Cosgrave is not about to get complacent and relax as the early leader of the UAE Jockeys’ Championship. “There is a tough group of riders out there trying to win the title,” Cosgrave told Al Adiyat at Jebel Ali last....

You may have heard the tragic story about a certain fictional King Midas, who wished for everything he touched to turn to gold, was granted his wish by a fairy, and turned everything, including his daughter to gold, before ruing it all and begging for his life to be restored to what it used to be. T....

We featured in a recent edition of Al Adiyat the phenomenal first year success story of the UK’s top female apprentice Shelley Birkett. Since that article appeared Birkett has received the trophies and prizes for her successes, ridden more winners, been entrusted with a ride in the £250,....